A mill has no kill step. Whatever mycotoxins, ergot or residues arrive in the grain will leave in the flour unless they are separated out — and once contaminated grain is milled, dilution is prohibited, not a remedy. Meanwhile flour dust hangs in the air as both a hygiene problem and a genuine explosion hazard.
Why Mills Are Judged at Intake
Because milling cannot destroy contamination, control lives at the front door: grain validity assessment, supplier control, mycotoxin strategy, ergot and residue checks, and conditioned storage. Inside, the discipline is dry cleaning, dust control, extraction-rate management and — where required — fortification with verified dosing.
What the AGS Grain Mill Guideline Covers
Fifty-one chapters and six annexes aligned with Codex CXC 51-2003, CXS 152-1985, WHO/FAO fortification guidance and ISO 22000:
- Grain validity, supplier control and intake assessment
- Mycotoxins — the control strategy and the prohibition on dilution
- Air purification, dust control and dust explosion safety
- Cleaning, tempering, milling, sifting and extraction rate
- Flour specification, fortification and treatment
- Verification indices, inspection checklist and Codex/ISO mapping
Annex B supplies the grain intake assessment record and the verification indices that make the intake philosophy enforceable, plus illuminance, sanitary and mill-section tables. Annex C is the establishment inspection checklist, Annex D covers dry cleaning as the default method and the rules after insecticide use, and Annexes E and F add the Codex/ISO 22000 conformance map and jurisdictional adaptation register.
Who It Helps
Mill owners and operators, milling engineers, grain buyers, QA and laboratory staff, and inspectors of milling facilities. Fortification programmes gain documented dosing and verification requirements.
Get the Guideline
Download the Grain Mills guideline from AGS today — instant delivery, fully editable Microsoft Word, ready to put your mill's controls where they belong: at intake. Because it arrives as a Word document rather than a locked PDF, you can add your logo, adjust values to your jurisdiction and issue it as a controlled document within your own management system — no retyping, no reformatting.
Product: Grain Mills — available as an instant-download, fully editable package from AGS (SKU AGS-03-015).